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Golf tournaments

1986 Ladies European Tour season
DurationMay 1986 (1986-05) – October 1986 (1986-10)
Number of official events20
Order of MeritEngland Laura Davies
← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1986. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Tournaments

The table below shows the 1986 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the Ladies European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)		 Note
3 May Ford Ladies Classic England Scotland Muriel Thomson (8) 290 (−6) 1 stroke England Alison Nicholas 4,500
11 May Hennessy Cognac Ladies Cup France United States Kelly Leadbetter (1) 293 (+5) 1 stroke Australia Karen Lunn 9,000
18 May Portuguese Ladies Open Portugal Scotland Cathy Panton (12) 286 (−6) Playoff United States Kelly Leadbetter
Scotland Gillian Stewart		 3,750
24 May British Olivetti Tournament England Scotland Dale Reid (12) 285 (−7) Playoff England Laura Davies 3,000
2 Jun Ulster Volkswagen Classic Northern Ireland England Beverly Huke (7) 213 (−6) 1 stroke United States Peggy Conley 3,000
8 Jun British Midland Ladies Irish Open Northern Ireland Scotland Muriel Thomson (9) 290 (−10) 6 strokes Sweden Liselotte Neumann 3,750
14 Jun McEwan's Wirral Classic England England Laura Davies (2) 285 (−11) 3 strokes England Penny Grice-Whittaker
England Beverley New
Scotland Dale Reid		 3,000
22 Jun Belgian Ladies Godiva Open Belgium England Penny Grice-Whittaker (1) 275 (−17) 9 strokes Scotland Gillian Stewart 7,500
29 Jun Volmac Ladies Open Netherlands England Jane Forrest (1) 282 (−6) 5 strokes Sweden Liselotte Neumann 6,750 New tournament
6 Jul Trusthouse Forte Ladies' Classic Germany Australia Corinne Dibnah (1) 280 (−12) 2 strokes Scotland Gillian Stewart 6,000
3 Aug Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic England England Debbie Dowling (4) 254 (−10) 6 strokes England Alison Nicholas 3,000
10 Aug BMW Ladies' German Open Germany Sweden Liselotte Neumann (3) 282 (−6) 2 strokes England Alison Nicholas 6,750
24 Aug Kristianstad Ladies Open Sweden Australia Corinne Dibnah (2) 288 (E) 1 stroke Sweden Liselotte Neumann 6,000
30 Aug Aspeboda Ladies Open Sweden Australia Karen Lunn (1) 212 (−4) 2 strokes United States Peggy Conley
Sweden Liselotte Neumann		 6,000
6 Sep Bowring Ladies Scottish Open England United States Meredith Marshall (1) 283 (−5) 7 strokes England Laura Davies 4,500 New tournament
13 Sep Greater Manchester Tournament England England Laura Davies (3) 268 (−20) 3 strokes England Penny Grice-Whittaker 3,000
3 Oct Mitsubishi Colt Cars Jersey Open Jersey England Kitrina Douglas (3) 278 (−6) 6 strokes United States Peggy Conley 3,000
12 Oct British Women's Open England England Laura Davies (4) 283 (−17) 4 strokes United States Peggy Conley
Spain Marta Figueras-Dotti		 9,000
18 Oct Laing Ladies Classic England England Debbie Dowling (5) 274 (−18) 1 stroke Australia Corinne Dibnah 3,750
24 Oct La Manga Spanish Open Spain England Laura Davies (5) 286 (−10) 4 strokes Australia Corinne Dibnah 3,750

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

Rank Player Country Money (£)
1 Laura Davies  England 37,500
2 Liselotte Neumann  Sweden 37,005
3 Corinne Dibnah  Australia 26,969
4 Gillian Stewart  Scotland 26,395
5 Debbie Dowling  England 25,495
6 Peggy Conley  United States 25,229
7 Muriel Thomson  Scotland 24,960
8 Dale Reid  Scotland 23,892
9 Penny Grice-Whittaker  England 22,694
10 Alison Nicholas  England 21,585

Source:

See also

References

  1. Tour Guide 2013. Ladies European Tour. 2013. p. 197.
  2. Past Tournament Winners, Ladies European Tour, GolfToday
  3. Ladies European Tour - 1987 Winners
  4. ^ "Siffror, WPGA-touren" [Numbers, WPGA Tour]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 7. July 1986. p. 84. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Siffror, WPGA-touren" [Numbers, WPGA Tour]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1986. p. 75. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Siffror, WPGA-touren" [Numbers, WPGA Tour]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. September 1986. p. 76. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Siffror, WPGA-touren" [Numbers, WPGA Tour]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 10. October 1986. p. 94. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Siffror, WPGA-touren" [Numbers, WPGA Tour]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1986. p. 70. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  9. "Siffror, WPGA-touren" [Numbers, WPGA Tour]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1986. p. 71. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  10. "Facit -86, Europa-touren, damer, WPGA" [Season 1986, European Tour, Ladies, WPGA]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1986. p. 81. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

External links

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